Thinking about our schooling in different decades and parts of the country, all three of us in that kitchen discover that we were taught more about ancient Greece and Rome than about the history of the land we live on. We learned about the pyramid builders of Egypt but not the pyramid builders of the Mississippi River. Gloria Steinem
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The saying “Think outside the box” means to not be limited by convention or convention-based thinking. Although we were taught about the history of ancient Greece and Rome, we were never taught about the history of our own region. The founders of our country were not only uneducated in the history of our own land but also uneducated in the history of other civilizations.

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